EBBA 37719
British Library - Collection of 225 Ballads
| The Country Lovers; / OR, / Wooing without Ceremony. / Being the Successful Amours of / Roger and Margaret. / A most Delightful New SONG. / Hodge grieves to see his Peggy now grow Coy, / Whom he so long esteem'd his only Joy; / But 'twas, it seems, a trick the Wench had got, / To try whether he lov'd or lov'd her not: / But finding that he did, she thought it fit / To yield to him, (faith I commend her / (Wit. | ||
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| Date Published | 1672-1696 ? | |
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| Imprint | Printed for P. Brooksby, at the / Golden-Ball, near the Hospi- / tal-Gate, in West-Smithfield. | |
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| Collection | British Library - Collection of 225 Ballads | |
| Location | British Library | |
| Shelfmark | C.22.f.6.(99.) | |
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| Part 1 | Part 2 | |
| Title | The Country Lovers; / OR, / Wooing without Ceremony. / Being the Successful Amours of / Roger and Margaret. / A most Delightful New SONG. / Hodge grieves to see his Peggy now grow Coy, / Whom he so long esteem'd his only Joy; / But 'twas, it seems, a trick the Wench had got, / To try whether he lov'd or lov'd her not: / But finding that he did, she thought it fit / To yield to him, (faith I commend her / (Wit. | PEGGY's Answer / to Hodges Complaint; |
| Tune Imprint | To the Tune of, Hail to the Mirtle Shades. | To the same Tune. |
| First Lines | REmember the standing Corn, / remember the Hay-cock where I | FOrgo your sorrow Hodge, / let not my unkindness move, |
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| Notes | https://ebba.english.ucsb.edu/ballad/37719/citation
ESTC Dates: [1670 - 1696] |
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